EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE WORKPLACE

  • Conference
  • CIBC, CIBC Square, 81 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 0E7

Step into the future of work with WORKTECH—the premier conference for those shaping the workplace landscape.

Rooted in the pillars of people, place, and technology, our events bring together thought leaders and influencers from diverse industries to ignite innovation and redefine the way we work.

Experience unparalleled interaction, invaluable insights, and boundless innovation at a WORKTECH Event.

Our specially curated line-up of elite, multi-disciplinary speakers deliver insightful presentations, sparking provocative discussions and providing actionable insights.

We will be exploring the following themes at the conference:

  • Devising Post-Digital, AI-Native Workplaces for Humans
  • Return-to-Office Mandates: Return to the Old Normal?
  • Designing the Future Workplace Around People, Place and Purpose.

Immerse yourself in global thought leadership and unparalleled interaction, gain invaluable insights, and witness boundless innovation.  Network with over 100 senior professionals from real estate, facilities, HR, technology, architecture, and design, and share best practices and expertise.

Stay ahead of the curve with WORKTECH. The future of work starts here.

WORKTECH is the most thoughtfully programmed industry conference of the year. The speakers are absolutely world class and the content always fresh.

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

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    Susan Chang

    Senior Vice President Workplace Consulting, JLL

  • Zoe Chen

    Director of Consulting Practices NA, Global Practice Development Lead, Veldhoen + Company

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    Yasmien Fadl

    AVP, Head of North American Design & Experience, Enterprise Real Estate, TD Bank

  • Hilary Green

    Head of Workplace Transformation and Change Management, Scotiabank

  • Jay Goldman

    CEO, Sensei Labs

  • Mette Johansen Keating

    Founder of MetteSpace

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    Alan Morrison

    Director, Chief of Staff, PwC Canada

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    Dennis Ng

    Vice President Workplace Design and Experience, CIBC

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    Joe O’Connor

    CEO and Co-Founder, Work Time Revolution

  • A woman with shoulder length dark hair wearing a dark coloured round neck top

    Sarah Prest

    Senior Manager, Design and Experience, TD Bank

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    Kendra Robinson

    Interior Designer & Design Lead, Lemay

  • Headshot of Katie Rogers, Chief People Officer at Gay Lea Foods

    Katie Rogers

    Chief People Officer, Gay Lea Foods

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    Samantha Sannella

    Senior Managing Director Total Workplace, Cushman & Wakefield

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    Monika Szponar

    Senior Director, Enterprise Real Estate Planning, Transformation, Governance, CIBC

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    Michael Tamblyn

    CEO, Rakuten Kobo

  • Astrid Tran

    Workplace Change Program Manager, Sun Life

INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AT THIS EVENT?

WORKTECH speakers are leading international thinkers, industry strategists and radical visionaries. Our speakers come from some of today’s most successful companies as well as a broad range of progressive and influential organisations.

Please contact Peter Verkooijen for more information about speaking at this event or complete our speaker submission here.

Key Themes

Devising Post-Digital, AI Native Workplaces for Humans

Decades of digital transformation have fundamentally reshaped the way we work. The twentieth-century concept of the office as the business epicenter is making way for workplaces as hubs for networked, hybrid collaboration. Physical offices are becoming intelligent environments, with sensors capturing real-time data on occupancy, utilization and flow.

Return to Office Mandates: Return to the Old Normal?

Toronto’s banks and government agencies are forcing a five-day return-to-office (RTO), disrupting hybrid work strategies and creating challenges for portfolio optimization and space utilization. Evidence from other markets shows attendance rarely matches policy, with hybrid work persisting as the long-term employee preference.

Designing the Future Workplace Around People and Purpose

Dragging people back to static offices won’t rebuild trust or increase productivity. How can we rethink and design workplaces into dynamic, human-centered environments, tailored to purpose and diversity, where space becomes a strategic asset delivering measurable ROI in health, engagement, retention and collaboration?

Informative, interesting views on workplace design, planning technology and workers

Occupancy Planner, Bank of Montreal

Invaluable experience from both a content and connections perspective

Manager, Workplace Change and Real Estate Services, Aurizon

Really a Diverse set of perspectives on critical topics in the real data and workplace disciplines. Extremely though provoking

Workplace Experience Manager, Atlassian

Informative, insightful, well planned, great speakers, something new every time!

Service Delivery Manager, Workplaces Services, Unilever

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Please fill in this application form or email Sally Adamson  to apply!

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